Sunday, April 22, 2012

World Book Day: Millions of books to be donated Monday night

World Book Day: Millions of books to be donated Monday night

World Book Day: Millions of books to be donated Monday night

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Thousands of towns and cities around the US and beyond are participating in the second annual World Book Night today, when some 2.5 million free books are expected to be donated, whether at a children...

India cut Agni V range under NATO pressure: Chinese media

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:14 PM PDT

Continuing its tirade against the successful launch of Agni V, Chinese state media accused India of buckling under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pressure to cut down the missile's rang...

Soccer ball lost in tsunami, found in Alaska after a year

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT

The good thing is that Misaki Murakami's name was on his soccer ball. It was lost in last year's tsunami in Japan but has been found across the Pacific on a remote Alaskan island.

Myanmar awaits European Union sanction easing; Suu Kyi delays debut

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Myanmar's reformist rulers are looking forward to an eagerly awaited easing of European Union (EU) sanctions on Monday but celebrations will be muted over a political stalemate delaying Aung San Suu K...

France presidential polls: Hollande ahead of Sarkozy in Round 1

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:35 PM PDT

Results: Francois Hollande (28.56%), Nicolas Sarkozy (27.07%), Le Pen (18.12%), Jean-Luc Melenchon (11%), Francois Bayrou (9.1%).

Kim Jong-un spent nine years in Switzerland: Papers

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:34 PM PDT

North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un spent more of his childhood being educated under a pseudonym in Switzerland than originally thought, Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday.

Pakistan plane crash: Owner of Bhoja Air released

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:31 PM PDT

Pakistan authorities have released the owner of the private airline whose aircraft crashed near Rawalpindi on Friday, killing all 127 passengers and crew on board.

US, Afghanistan reach deal on strategic pact

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:15 PM PDT

The US and Afghanistan reached a deal on Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that ensures Americans will provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a...

Sarkozy trails Hollande; both set to advance to French runoff

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Official partial results show Socialist Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy are advancing to the runoff of France's presidential elections. With about 33 percent of the vot...

France votes as Sarkozy faces defeat after one term

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:43 AM PDT

Tens of millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see the left oust Nicolas Sarkozy after only one turbulent term in office.

20-year lasting LED light bulb introduced in US

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:12 AM PDT

An expensive but prize-winning light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb that lasts for 20 years went on sale in the US on Sunday which is marked as Earth Day.

Colombia sex scandal: Taxi driver becomes a celebrity

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:30 AM PDT

The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and...

UK honour for top Indian-origin scientists

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 07:26 AM PDT

The designer of the Large Hadron Collider, a Bangalore-based biologist and a mathematician described as "extremely original" is among six Indian-origin scientists elected to the prestigious Fellowship...

Iran says it is building copy of captured US drone

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 06:58 AM PDT

A senior Iranian commander says that the country has reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by Tehran's armed forces last year and has begun building a copy.

Strong early turnout in French presidential vote

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT

French voters overcame fears of a low turnout in their Presidential election on Sunday, beating expectations with a greater than expected participation rate of 28.29 per cent at midday. While that ...

Four charged in Aboriginal shooting incident

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:54 AM PDT

A man and two teenagers were due to face court on Sunday after a stolen car mounted a crowded footpath in central Sydney, leading to two Aboriginal youngsters being shot by police.The incident in the ...

Suu Kyi's party postpones Myanmar parliament entry

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi's party confirmed on Sunday that it will postpone its Parliamentary debut next week in the first sign of discord between Myanmar's newly-elected opposition and reformist government.Th...

China, Russia launch joint Yellow Sea naval exercise

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:39 AM PDT

China and Russia launched joint naval exercises on Sunday that highlight warming ties between their militaries and growing cooperation in international affairs. China was a key customer for the former...

Australia's parliamentary speaker steps down

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:13 AM PDT

Australia's parliamentary speaker temporarily stepped down on Sunday amid allegations of sexual harassment and fraud, touching off a political crisis that threatens Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenu...

Sri Lanka rejects calls to withdraw troops from North

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:03 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's President has rejected a call by Indian legislators to withdraw soldiers from the island's former war zone in the north where minority Tamils are concentrated, his spokesman said on Sunday...

Rich has become a dirty word in France's Presidential election

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:45 AM PDT

Nicolas Sarkozy is making a bid for a second term but the french now find his "hyper president" style too aggressive. His reputation as a pro-rich president has been dragging him down. Mr Sarkozy cel...

Over 140 who fled Pakistan prison back in jail

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:30 AM PDT

As many as 143 of the 384 inmates who fled a prison in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province following an audacious Taliban attack are back in jail, an official said.Taliban militants struck at the B...

Chinese bus crash kills 13, many more injured

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:26 AM PDT

China's state news agency says a head-on collision between a truck and a tour bus outside Shanghai has killed at least 13 people and injured many more.

Pakistan buries victims of Bhoja Air plane crash

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:04 AM PDT

Pakistan on Sunday buried victims of an airline crash near Islamabad that killed all 127 people on board, as investigators probed the causes of the fatal incident. The Bhoja Air flight from Karachi ca...

More US agents likely to go over Colombia sex scandal: US lawmaker

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Most of the U.S. Secret Service agents accused of misconduct with prostitutes ahead of President Barack Obama's recent visit to Colombia are likely to leave the agency, a top U.S. Republican lawmaker ...
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